Big weekend for UCONN basketball so it’s probably a good time to note that the school is cutting 15% from all academic units over the next five years to cover a $70M deficit, yet continues to subsidize athletics with over $30M per year from the academic side.
Abstracts are due today! Join @cynthiawebster.bsky.social and I as we walk you through genome assembly! Sign up for the genome assembly workshop :)
We developed an interactive tool to illustrate how the racist policy of redlining in American cities—revoked decades ago—continues to shape people's lives today. The tool includes data on air pollution, traffic, tree coverage, and more: www.rand.org/well-being/c...#SOTU
Past housing policies have an enduring legacy on urban neighborhoods today and have contributed to which communities enjoy more trees, less traffic, and better air quality, and which face hazards such...
A scientist reacts to stock photos: If you EVER put your nasty white powder DIRECTLY on my analytical weigh scale, you will NEVER see the Kingdom of Heaven. Weigh boats were invented for a reason.
How did we lose our tails? Blame it on the Alu! Really interesting work lead by @itaiyanai.bsky.social#Science#EvoDevo
An insertion of an Alu element into an intron of the TBXT gene is identified as a genetic mechanism of tail-loss evolution in humans and apes, with implications for human health to...
The #Biodiversity#Conservation@uconn.bsky.social@uconneeb.bsky.social@cgsg.bsky.social@nanopore.bsky.social - apply by March 11th!
Petition to urge Duke University not to close its herbarium ✍️ chng.it/TL77FmWNYv#histsci#evobio#philsci#envhist 📜🧪
The decision by Duke University to close their herbarium is deeply concerning. Herbaria are not just repositories of plant specimens, they are living libraries of life on Earth. They hold the keys to ...
sad news - Duke University decided to dump their herbarium, which has over 800,000 plant specimens, one of the largest among in America, and includes many type specimens of Lady Gaga ferns. What a shame. Please stop Duke admins for making this horrible mistake!!
This right here. As experts like @katharinehayhoe.com and others have pointed out, the knowledge deficit model simply does not work. COVID, climate change, Jan 6, it doesn't matter. This should be a foundational piece of knowledge for any academic, advocacy, and journalistic work.
How many individuals from under-represented groups have left a STEM career because of an unsustainable allostatic load? How many are currently close to their threshold? So much more the community can do to address this #AcademicSky#WomeninSTEMwww.nature.com/articles/d41...
Under-represented groups face chronic barriers, creating psychological — and physical — effects. The scientific community must ease this burden.